Monday 21 August 2017

Movies: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (12A), Atomic Blonde (15), The Dark Tower (12A) & The Hitman’s Bodyguard (15)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (12A) – what’s it about? The story follows Valerian an officer who must battle against dark forces to save Alpha.

This was a nice bit of sci-fi which was refreshing to see and in parts it reminded me of the Fifth Element and Avatar but not enough that it should be compared to such films as it’s not that much of an epic movie. It had its moments which were pretty great and some good plot but there were bits that left me wanting answers – like how Valerian could be a Major in his early 20s! Anyway yeah it was a good watch but not out of this world sadly, I think 4*s is being generous but 3* is too little – maybe a 3 ½ movie really.

Rating: ****



Atomic Blonde (15) – what’s it about? Lorraine an undercover agent travels to Berlin to find a list of double agents.

So hmmmm what can I say about this one without giving too much away, well its very sexy and brutal at the same time, lots of violence and some story to boot – in the face with stilettos on. It’s quite dark and none of this blight flashy lighting which makes it gritty so along with the non-airy-fairy fighting stuff – it’s more to the nose brawling in parts that makes it pretty ouch violent it and gives it something different. I can’t really say much more without giving it away so I’m going to shut up and just say I very much liked this one J

Rating: ****



The Dark Tower (12A) – what’s it about? Jake discovers his dreams are real and travels to another world where he joins up with Roland to save The Dark Tower and the universe from evil.

I wasn’t sure what this one was going to be like as I thought before seeing it man I hope this isn’t going to be following around a really annoying kid who really gets on my tits for the whole film. Well it did follow around a kid for pretty much the entire movie but he wasn’t an annoying kid so it made it ok to watch. The first part of the movie was pretty slow and it took a while for it to get going but once it did it was really going good. It was well acted and had a good story – a good Stephen King adaption so if you like his stories then you’ll probably like it. I would say it again is in between 4* and 3* so maybe a 3 ½ movie really.

Rating: ****



The Hitman’s Bodyguard (15) – what’s it about? Michael a bodyguard must get his new client who’s a hitman to court to testify.

I wasn’t sure on this one before seeing it, I thought it was going to be a complete pile of pants but it was better than I thought it was going to be – but as that was complete shite it’s probably not that hard to beat. It gave a few heh moments but nothing lol funny for me, it was annoying in parts and the story wasn’t too in-depth as it was just more an action-comedy – you know a leave your brain at the door movie. The only good side to it was the action; the car chases, gun-slinging and fighting were pretty good so that made up for the averageness of the humour. Think it’s one of those if you have a certain sense of humour you’ll like it but if not then you’ll just be like meh it’s alright.

Rating: ***


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